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UNESCO-European Union Initiative trained Media Professionals in NampulaÍDIA EM NAMPULA
In the framework of CoronaVirusFacts UNESCOEU project UNESCO under the leadership of government Information Cabinet GABINFO and in partnership with the National Institute of Health INS the National Journalist Union SNJ and the Institute of Social Communication of Southern Africa MISA trained 30 Journalists and media professionals of Community radios of Nampula and Cabo Delgado provinces
The event took place on 19 November 2020 at Milenio Hotel in Nampula city It focused on disinfodemic ethics of Journalists and media professionals in the context of Covid19 These practices being valid for cholera and malaria it is also expected that journalists contribute to a larger health awareness raising campaign throughout Mozambique
This support to journalists education and protection will contribute to promoting quality reporting and fighting against disinformation and misinformation with regard to COVID19 This improvement of professional journalistic standards is essential to bring out the potential of media systems to foster democracy dialogue and sustainable development
The UNESCO project CoronavirusFacts is funded by the European Union the project supports professional diverse and independent medias capacity to report on the pandemic strengthens local factchecking organizations to debunk misinformation and empowers youth and other citizens to critically process what they read and hear linked to COVID19
